#tes adventures shadowkey

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I feel like some people sleep on how evil Sanguine could be

Explanation under cut

TW for mentions of alcoholism, addiction, child abuse and domestic abuse

Most people depict him as prankster, a party animal, a guy who just likes to have fun and while that's fine and in some ways true this is not entirely who Sanguine is

He is the reason addiction is running rampant and so many lives are being destroyed because of addiction

Every spouse and child who lives in fear because they don't know if their spouse and parent are gonna come home as an angry drunk again

Every abusive alcoholic exists because of Sanguine and if he truly wanted to he could fuck over the entire world by having the main hero get wasted which he almost did in A Night To Remember which he did simply because he wanted to have a night of merriment for his own amusement

Sanguine is partially the reason people like Rolff Stone-Fist and Vulwulf Snow-Shod

I feel like people downplay Sanguine the same way they downplay Sheogorath

Just because they are the more "fun" Princes when they're so much more wicked

Sheogorath has done many terrible things to mortals and his fellow Princes out of shere boredom and Bethesda themselves assist in this downplay of Sheogorath because "old cheese man funny"

I feel like lot of the Princes in general get downplayed a lot (minus Molag) as a lot of people portray Vile as this mischievous little boy who is also a dog lover when the canon Vile is more based on the folklore version of Satan and he loathes Barbas because Barbas is his moral compass and he hates morals

Idk I just kinda wish The Daedric Princes were portrayed more evily as like the only non evil Prince is Azura

[sasquach-scratches]

Unfortunately that poll of "Your Most Hated TES Game" has got me thinking again about my level of disgust across the series and tbh i kinda need to update that so I guess I'll use this to organize my thoughts lmao

For the record, though, I haven't played EVERY TES game out there and those I did weren't finished half the time

Anyways let's get into it

Arena-Actually, lemme separate them into categories cause can you REALLY compare them all equally given how different they are

The Eldest of Scrolls

Arena: Probably the only one of the old-school games I actually finished. Big ol dungeon crawler. Magic goes boom. Hard to really "hate" the game cause I don't feel too strongly about it which is funny cause it's technically the first TES game I played (I waited a month for Oblivion to arrive in the mail)

Daggerfall: Never finished it. As I understand, though, it's Arena but More. I think this is one I'd have stronger feelings about had i actually stuck to playing it till the end

Battlespire: Arena but More but Without the Extra Roleplay. Probably more polarizing but again, barely got an hour or so in lol

Dawnstar/Shadowkey/Stormhold: Never played, but want to (especially Shadowkey) I hear they're all full of jank tho so who knows if i'd enjoy it

The Modern Scrolls

Redguard: Never played.

Morrowind: Played a full game and got through half of another, but given how hogwild I go with the modern TES games it doesn't feel like it's enough to deserve that "Worlds Biggest Hater" energy from me. I do think the "combat sucks" thing is overblown, though. Not saying it's perfect but maybe y'all are too used to the actionized games and/or using the wrong weapon for your skillset. Do not like how easy it is to get lost cause if you don't have Mark/Recall or an Intervention spell you can't just jump to a familiar location.

Oblivion: In short, it's the first TES game I truly played. So I love it for that but also hate it for its shitass levelling and whitewashing of lore/the Empire in more ways than one. I love it more now because of how streamlined Skyrim is. I hate it more now cause it was definitely a low point for Bethesda's worldbuilding. LOVE the CC and I remember spending over an hour creating my first character then immediately rerolling cause oops I overdid it. It's my problematic fave

Skyrim: Love the OCs and the adventures I made for it. Hate the fandom it grew. Love the art direction in comparison to Oblivion. Hate the "gritty" filter put over it. Hate its shitass writing and quests. Love the addition of skill trees but hate their implementation. Absolutely LOATHE the downgrade to magic (idc if it's "story integration" it still sucks) Heavily dislike how little choice you get at CC as far as your skills go. 50/50 on the cosmetic side of CC cause on one hand you can't go ham on face creation but on the other you can change things like weight and nose/eye types but on the other other hand weight is just muscle mass unless you're using the fem body where it's SLIGHTLY thicker

Spinoff Scrolls 2: Finger on the Monkey's Paw Curls

Elder Scrolls Online: This one's...complicated just by virtue of being an MMO that's STILL updating. When I first played it, it was a breath of fresh air over the previous entries not just cause of different gameplay but because having multiple characters was an actual tangible thing in-game. I'm an OC whore okay. The story of the base game felt a LOT tighter, too, given it was actually linear. 'Course, the writing always felt really good or really bad and rarely was it in-between. Either way I got very, VERY invested in it in a way I knew I would never be able to experience again and I will never forget that. The CC is Phenomenal and easily the best one in any TES game so far. (Boob and ass slider? FOR MEN TOO???)

Lore also was hit or miss, with me being VERY appreciative of them touching things that Bethesda never bothered with if it wasn't for killing (i.e. types of food, clothing, toys, etc) but also while the lore team did consult with Bethesda there were and still are some glaring oversights that feel like they shouldn't have happened (especially earlier in the game's life) Given there's still some hiccups I'm guessing the Bethesda team doesn't actually consider it very important (makes sense, the main games also bend lore for the sake of gameplay/Todd's whims A LOT, just look at Oblivion lmao) I also love love love that they touch on the weirder topics, even if sometimes it's done in a way that feels too...on the nose? idk how to explain it

Recent ESO, though? Writing got more and more bland, with some standout sidequests. Lore still hit or miss so that's whatever. I stopped caring for the gameplay after...Orsinium?...when I gave up on relearning how to play with the regular changes to combat. Gave up trying to fit my OCs stories into the new content too, even with new characters (helps that they're not as developed lol) Still play out of habit but I defo think it fell off and this recent change to the yearly content doesn't seem to be helping but then I haven't touched new content since High Isle lmao

Legends: Seemed interesting but never played it much lmao, lore/story seems to follow ESO's example of being hit or miss from what I saw

Blades: It was okay I guess. Another game I developed a habit for then promptly dropped after I finished building and upgrading my town. It's a mobile game so idk what I expected, annoying ads begging for money abounded. I did all of it without paying a single cent on my Switch and it was a slog but I did it. Pretty meh about it tbh

Castles: Looks cute. Never played it and probably never will.

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Saying hi! 😊

Hello Simmers!

@ladyseraphinecc here. Just wanted to say hi. I know I post many of these where I say I'll put more cc out but it's just been a busy time for me. College and parenting takes up most of my time. I might also be moving at the end of this year. Not to mention, I have plans to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Skyrim’s release.  So please forgive me. 😅🙏🏼

I hope you’re all safe, healthy, and happy. I know we’re in tough times right now, but know that there are people out there you can talk to. ❤️

[internationalspacehobo]

E I and N for Stars!

sdjnds i gotta reblog the art of my older tes ocs so they get some love

E.) Worst adventuring experience? 

The plot of Shadowkey kadsjndskj she’s basically an ayleid-focused archeologist; she was on her way to the adamantine tower and just stopped in Azra’s Crossing for a while, but then the town got attacked by bandits and shit just kept getting worse from there.

I.) Their opinion on necromancy?

She’s against it! I don’t think it’s been outlawed during the time period of Arena (and consequently Shadowkey) but she’s still not a fan. She’s empire-raised so her believes wrt funeral practices and whatnot would be p aligned w the doctrine of the Nine Divines

N.) What specific individuals do they consider close friends? 

Vic! She runs into him (them? vic isn’t a character I’ve put a ton of thought into so far) during the bandit attack which he uses to break out of the dungeon. They don’t immediately get along but bond over the course of the game and end up being very close friends :) He probably visits her occasionally in the imperial city but it’s deffinetly not a place where he’d like to stick around

<3 <3 ty for sending an ask!!

[kagrenacs]

If ESO did pop in some references or straight up lift Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey, or Dawnstar though, I could get into that. Where’s the adventures of my favourite tes protagonist Master Tunnel Rat?

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

Sotha Sil, seeing Muatra for the first time: "WHAT THE FUCK, is that Molag's DICK?!"

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Sanguine, after getting drunk: "WHO POSTED MY NUDES ON TWITTER DOT COM?!"